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Last month I also built an inexpensive desktop for my parents. It consists of the Intel G530, Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2-B3, Antec EarthWatts EA380D Green, 2 x 2 GB Crucial 1333 MHz DDR3. Reused an Antec ATX case, Intel X25-V 40 GB SSD, keyboard, mouse and display. With Windows 7 32-bit (small SSD) it's ru...

If the CPU TDP is already 77W, the extra heat generated from the VRM will account for very little. I would estimate a normal VRM to waste at most 5W-10W, since they are often used without any heatsinks. Thus putting that extra heat load on the CPU will not make it much more difficult to cool. Actual...

I can't imagine them moving the entire VRM onto the CPU; it would have to be just the VRM controller chip (which is a very small fraction of the total board real estate occupied by the VRM). The VRM uses hefty power MOSFETs, inductors, and filter capacitors, none of which can be integrated onto the...

Fully integrated voltage regulator, thereby moving another component from the motherboard onto the CPU. I wonder how this will influence the Haswell motherboard industry, since with Ivy Bridge and all motherboards before, a lot of attention is given to designing the VRM. In many ways it's what defi...